The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 30, 23 July 1903, Page 27

The Catholic World

ENGLAND.- Ladies of Charity The Ladies of Charity have purchased and ehtered into possession of Troy House, near MonmouttL The house, winch formerly belonged to the Duke of Beaufort will accommodate some 60 persons, and will serve the purpose of an asylum for fallen women. Diocese of Shrewsbury The Bishop of Shrewsbury (Dr. Allen) laid recently the foundation, stone of a Catholic church to be erected in Stockport. The new building, which will be one »f the finest churches m the diocese, is estimated to cost between £10 000 and £11,000, and in addition there is ™ >f P f r S? 7 S' The , new church will supersede the Church of SS. Philip and James, Chapel Street, Edgeley which is to be removed to provide a site for new schools. Church -going >n London

According to a cablegram the census of church attendance made by the ' Daily News ' has concluded. It shows that the attendance on a given date was as follows :— Anglican churches, 430,153 ; Nonconformist 416,225 ; Catholic, 93,572 ; other bodies, 62,990 ' The League of the Cross

The General Council of the League of the Cross, the great temperance organisation founded by the late Cardinal Manning, has decided upon a new departure"- the celebration of the birthday of Cardinal Manning, which will take the form of a monster procession from the Embankment to Hyde Park on Sunday, July 26, when trade unions, temperance, and friendly societies are to be invited to take part in the celebration. A sub-committete has been appointed to carry out the arrangements for the demonstration and also details of the Crystal Palace festival on August 24. Catholics at Oxford

A party of 100 visited Oxford under the auspices of the Catholic Association on Whit Monday. They were met at the railway station by the Rev. Sir David Hun-ter-Blair, M.A., 0.5.8., and were conducted by him through Worcester, St. John's, and Baliol Colleges. A visit was also paid to the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre. At luncheon, Father Bannin, chairman of the committee of the Catholic Association proposed the health of Father Hunter-Blair, and the rev baronet in replying stated that there are now 72 Catholic undergraduates at the various colleges of the university. After luncheon Canon Kennard kindly took charge of the party. FRANCE.— Douai College Abbot Larkin, of Douai, and the community have issued a statement to the effect that the college has been finally closed and broken up. The religious and educational work so successfully carried on by the English Benedictines at Douai during the past three hundred years is to be resumed at Woolhampton. The re-opening of Woolhampton College under the direction of the English Benedictines of Douai will take place on Tuesday, September 8. The Concordat

The Archbishops of Albi, Toulouse, and Aix have made statements which are published in the Paris 'Gaulois ' pointing out that disastrous consequences would ensue to the Church in France from the denunciation of the Concordat. The Archbishop of Albi says : ' I have nearly eight hundred priests in my diocese. Half of them would die of starvation if their modest stipends were suppressed.' The Premier and the Religious Orders

M Combes had recently a conference with the delegates of the four groups comprising the majority in the Frcnen Chamber. The questions of female Congregations and the income tax, which is about to be brought before the Chamber, were discussed. With regard to the female Congregations, M. Combes stated that 390 of these had asked for authorisation, of which number 70 or 80 were teaching Orders. He proposed that all the petitions for authorisation presented by the latter should be rejected en bloc. He was, however, in favor of granting authorisation to Orders which were mainly devoted to charitable objects. ROME.— The Franciscans

Father David Fleming (writes a Rome correspondent) has ceased to occupy the onerous position of Vicar-General to the Franciscan Order. Father Schuller, a German Franciscan, has been elected in his stead. Father David, as he is familiarly named, was called to rule over the Order of St. Francis, by a special mandate

of the Pope. For the present he goes to reside at the Vatican Palace, where the Pope desires him to devote his individual attention to the work of the Biblical Commission, whose existence is largely due to Father Fleming's influence with the Pope, who appointed him secretary thereof. Father Fleming is a native of Kerry, and has some relatives in New Zealand. SCOTLAND.— Carthusians and iona

An Edinburgh correspondent states that it is rumored that negotiations have been entered into with the Duke of Argyll for the purchase of the Island of lona with a view of converting it into a retreat for the French Caithusiaiib lately dm en horn their monastery at Chartreux by the Combes clique. Should the rumor result in realisation France's loss will read Scotland* reward. Papal Honor

In recognition of his many years' valuable services to the cause of Catholicity in Scotland, both in its religious and social spheres, the Pope has been pleased to confer on Mr James Brand, J.P., a well-known Catholic citizen of Glasgow, a Knighthood of the Order of St. Gregory. Presentation to a Jesuit

The members of the Catholic Caledonian Association of Edinburgh have presented their esteemed and energetic chaplain, the Very Rev. Father Campbell, S.J., with a purse of sovereigns as a token of their appreciation. A Jubilee Memorial

On Sunday, May 31, in St. Mungo's Church, Townhead, Glasgow, the Father Cornelius Jubilee Memorial pulpit was unveiled. The new pulpit is largely the gift of Rev. Father Cornelius, as the cheque which he received on the occasion of his silver jubilee as a priest, amounting to £220, he handed over to the rector. Death of a Priest

The news of the death of the Very Rev. Canon Joseph Ilannan was received with deep grief by all who knew him. Especially was this the case in Lennoxtown, Edinburgh, Loanhead, Denny, Falkirk, and Bathgate, to Catholics of which places he had endeared himself by his many sterling qualities and quiet, unassuming manner. Appointments

Very Rev. Canon John Smith, Stirling, has been appointed Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. Canon Smith is a native of Aberdeenshire, and was educated at Blairs College and aft ei wards at Rome Rev William E. Rooney, of Galashicls, has been appointed a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter, Edinbmgh, a *. acancy ha\ ing been caused some time ago by the death of the Right Rev. Mgr. Provost McKerrell Open = air Preaching

For the pa<-t few years (writes an Edinburgh correspondent) the Rc\ Father Power (a brother of the member foi iXast W.itt it'ord), one of the Jesuit Fathers attached to the mission of the Sacied Heart, Launston, lias conducted open air sen ices on the Sunday e\enings during the summer months At fust he preached only in the famous (Ji assmai ket, lint latteily he was to be seen standing amid a laiae crowd m the LoUuan load, the spot beine; inai Ked by a larc;e wooden cross Father Power states that his oleect is not 1o conveit but to LTt into touch \\ilh non-l atbohes, to explain the reasons why Caihohcs behe\e tho'-c doclimes which separate them liom otliei denommat ic,ns UNITED STATES — Confirmation A class of Gil pei sons v. as confirmed, May 10, in the Church of the Holy Rosaiy, Baltimoie, T\ld , by Cauhii.il (iibbons, a'Msted by the Right Re\ Jo^ej h II II igi;nis, 1)1), of Ro< I hampton, Qu< ensland In this laice class weie about 2.") l) adults, inc. hiding many Poles, who in Iben natiw lard, on account of Russian oppie->sion, liad no oppoitumty to leteue tins Saciaineut GENERAL Jnbilee at Malta The British (icnernment placed a sum of £500 at the disposal of the local authonlies in Malta foi dec-oiat ions and illuminations in honor of the Pope's liibilec The (io\ernoi and his stafl w-eie pie-.ent at the Solemn High Mass ot ■Th.inKsciMnu; The irtcs in Malta have been of a \ery enthusiastic character